M (Judi Dench) is nothing if not pragmatic. Before the opening credits of Skyfall have even rolled, she has allowed not one, but two of her…

James Bond has been in the spying business for such a long time that he really ought to be up for a long-service award. But the…

Margaret Atwood is one of the most important and influential writers alive today. Her fiction explores and reflects the current cultural…

I'm not sure exactly what makes someone a phenomenon, but anyone who has managed to win 62 music awards in two years and has produced a…

The Torchwood team have come a long way since their first rather dubious dealings with extraterrestrial invaders back in 2006. Billed as…

The title and witch-themed publicity made me a little unsure about whether a Christian should be joining the crowds flocking to this…

A review of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

The biggest television hit in the USA since ER first aired has hit UK screens this year. Set in a wealthy and pristine suburban cul-de-sac,…

A review of Nick Barham's Disconnected: Why our kids are turning their backs on everything we thought we knew.